Q and Nicki Time

This past week, Q and I took advantage of our time together Thursday morning. Since Sloan has "school" for about four hours on those days, Q and I get to spend time together, just the two of us like it use to be. On these days, Q gets to choose what we do before he goes to school after lunch. Well this week was jammed with quite a few things. After dropping Sloan off at school Q asked if we could go to Lake Ellyn Park. So as we rounded the corner downtown on our way to the park, Q blurts out "We could always get Starbucks so we have something to drink at the park" (he knows there is a Starbucks there) and of course I whipped it into a first parking spot I found. Like I'm going to pass up a Starbucks coffee offer :) We don't leave to house without water bottles so it isn't like we didn't have anything... but it's Starbucks!

So we swung in and got ourselves a drink and then headed to the park. Instead of playing right away, Q wanted to sit at a picnic table to drink his vanilla milk. We chatted about the other things we were going to do after the park and people watched. I think Quinton enjoys people watching as much as I do. Only he scans and listens for Star War fans so he knows who to play with :)

After the park, we headed to the Halloween store. Q wanted to look for Transformer costumes. Plus he is just in awe over all the stuff they offer. Between costumes, makeup, props, etc...Q had a blast. I think we could have stayed there until his school started, but he wanted to go to McDonald's for lunch so our visit was limited to half an hour. He had fun though trying on masks and checking the price tags on ALL the things he wanted.

We then headed to McDonald's for lunch. Q was excited to go inside and be able to play at the "Play Place." He informed me that at McDonald's when it says "Play Place" it is meant for younger kids, but if it says "Play Palace" that means they have play equipment for older kids, like himself. Just so you know, they are ALL called "Play Place" no matter what kind of play equipment they happen to offer. So even though the equipment at this particular McDonald's was geared toward younger kids, Q found some children his age to play and be really LOUD with!! As icing on the cake, they even had Star Wars toys and Dad met us there, so he could take Q to school! I think Q really enjoyed himself on Thursday and I hope we can continue to make these weekly Q and Nicki times special for him.